Thursday, 4 July 2013

Recipes: Baked Salmon and Vegetables

I’m not going to lie, I’ve never been a
huge vegetable fan. To be honest, I’ve
despised everything with even a hint of green in it for the majority of my
life. It’s only been in the last few
years, with much encouragement from M, that I’ve even considered trying most
vegetables. Roots were pretty easy, but
I’m still hesitant about green things, and broccoli is the final frontier.

Part of the reason that I’m slowly becoming
a vegetable convert is surely age – many people’s taste buds change around
their mid-20s, as their bodies start craving vitamins along with protein and
carbs. But I’ve also discovered roast
vegetables in the last few years.
Everything tastes better roasted in olive oil and covered with gravy or
lemon juice.

This is one of my favorite summertime roast
vegetable recipes because it’s cheap, easy, and really fast. I just pick up the ingredients on the way
home and stick it in the oven. If I’m
feeling frugal I’ll go to ASDA but this is one of those recipes where high
quality ingredients (especially the fish) make a big difference, and I’ll spend
the extra pound or two for a really good dinner.

I’ve chosen to makes this partly because I
have lots of cherry tomatoes waiting to be eaten and based the prices of the
things I bought on Waitrose (oops! I
love Waitrose).

Put vegetables in a roasting pan. Coat them in olive oil and the juice of half
the lemon, then salt and pepper to taste.
(I will often marinade the salmon in white wine while waiting for the
beans to blanch, but only if I have some open).

Put the salmon on top of the vegetables and
add a splash of lemon juice, salt and pepper.

Bake at 220 for 15 minutes or until the
salmon is done.I serve this with wedges from the other
half of the lemon, rice (so cheap), and a bottle of wine. Enjoy!

Total for dinner: £5.61 per person, though
this actually makes us meal and a half, so M will have salmon for dinner
tomorrow while I’m away. This makes the
cost £.374 per individual meal. Cheap,
healthy and delicious, even from Waitrose.

I also bought a bottle of wine for £6.29,
and if you factor that into the 3 meals it comes to £5.81 with wine. Not bad!